*附註: Chapter 82, page 369, The Da Vinci Code (Paperback edition) “ There’s an enormous difference between hypothetically discussing an alternate history of Christ, and presenting to the world thousands of ancient documents as scientific evidence that the New Testament is false testimony.”
“ But you told me the New Testament is based on fabrications.”
Langdon smiled. “Sophie, every faith in the world is based on fabrication. That is the definition of faith – acceptance of that we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. Every religion describes God through metaphor, allegory, and exaggeration, from the early Egyptians through modern Sunday School. Metaphors are a way to help our minds process the unprocessible. The problems arise when we begin to believe literally in our own metaphors.”